Modifications

The expanded and highly-technical 310-page document appears to make only small modifications to the original text, such as clarifying property rights and detailing more fully how the rebels would be confined in rural areas for crimes committed during the conflict.

What they are saying

“We have the unique opportunity to close this painful chapter in our history that has bereaved and afflicted millions of Colombians,” – President Juan Manuel Santos said in a televised address.

“The main thing is that the government must not give in to impunity, drug trafficking,” – opposition senator and former president Alvaro Uribe

“The second agreement has improvements which are absolutely indisputable, but there are still fundamental issues that concern us, which is why there were many Colombians, more than six million and a half, who voted no,” – opposition member Marta Lucia Ramirez echoed Uribe’s comments.